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LEGAL PROFESSION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 28 OF 2007)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Legislation amended
4. Terms relating to associates and principals of law
5. Section 9, definition of associate, paragraph (e)
6. Local lawyer is officer of Supreme Court
7. Suitability to hold local practising certificate
8. Section 36 (4) (b)
9. Sections 38 and 39
10. Application for grant or renewal of local practising
11. Section 41 (2) (b) (i) and (iii)
12. Section 41 (2) (b) (iv)
13. Section 41 (2) (b) (v)
14. Section 41 (3)
15. Section 41 (6), (7) and (8)
16. Grant or renewal of unrestricted or restricted practising
17. Grant or renewal of barrister practising
18. Conditions imposed on local practising certificate by licensing body or relevant
19. Section 47 (10)
20. Section 47 (10) (a)
21. Compliance with conditions of local practising
22. Amending, suspending or cancelling local practising
23. Section 56 (2) (a)
24. Section 56 (2) (b) and (c)
25. Section 56 (2) (c) (ii)
26. New section 56 (5)
27. Other ways of amending or cancelling local practising
28. Relationship of div 2.4.6 with ch 4
29. Applicant for local practising certificate—show-cause
30. Relationship of div 2.4.7 with pt 4.4 and ch 6
31. Professional indemnity insurance—interstate legal
32. Section 72 (3) (a) and (b)
33. Section 72 (4), new definition of defence costs
34. Section 72 (4), definitions of government agency and government
35. Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal
36. Protocols with regulatory authorities
37. Investigation of practising certificate applicants or holders
38. Government lawyers generally
39. Section 82 (5)
40. Government lawyers of other jurisdictions
41. Section 83 (5), definitions of government agency and government
42. Official notice to other jurisdictions of removals from local
43. Section 88 (3)
44. Section 91 heading
45. Section 91 (1) (b)
46. Section 91 (1) (c)
47. Section 91 (2) (b)
48. New section 92A
49. Section 93 heading
50. Section 93 (1)
51. Peremptory removal of local lawyer's name from local roll following removal in
52. Peremptory cancellation of local practising certificate following removal of name from
53. Sections 96 and 97
54. Definitions—pt 2.6
55. Incorporated legal practice must have legal practitioner director
56. Section 107 (6)
57. Obligations of legal practitioner director relating to misconduct—incorporated legal
58. Advertising requirements—incorporated legal
59. Section 118 heading
60. Section 118 (1) and (2)
61. Disqualified people—incorporated legal
62. Audit of incorporated legal practices
63. Section 146 heading
64. Section 146 (1) and (2)
65. Disqualified people—multidisciplinary
66. Section 147, note
67. Definitions—pt 2.7
68. Requirement for registration to practice foreign
69. Application of Australian professional ethical and practice standards to practice of foreign
70. Advertising by Australian-registered foreign
71. Trust money and trust accounts—Australian-registered foreign
72. Section 164 (2), new note
73. Professional indemnity insurance—Australian-registered foreign
74. Section 165 (5)
75. Section 165 (6), new definition of defence costs
76. Approved form for grant or renewal application—foreign
77. Requirements for applications for grant or renewal of registration—foreign
78. Section 172 (2) (f) and (g)
79. Section 172 (2) (i)
80. Section 172 (3) (b)
81. Grant or renewal of registration as foreign
82. Section 173 (4)
83. Requirement to grant or renew registration as foreign lawyer if criteria
84. Refusal to grant or renew registration as foreign
85. Grounds for amending, suspending or cancelling registration of foreign
86. New section 177 (2)
87. Amending, suspending or cancelling registration of foreign
88. Section 178 (2) (a)
89. Section 178 (2) (b) and (c)
90. Section 178 (2) (c) (ii)
91. New section 178 (5)
92. Relationship of div 2.7.6 with ch 4
93. Investigation of applicants and locally-registered foreign lawyers
94. Appeals or reviews
95. Definitions—pt 3.1
96. Section 210 (1), new definition of deposit record
97. Section 210 (2), definition of controlled money account
98. Section 210 (2), definition of trust records,
99. New section 210 (4)
100. Money involved in financial services or
101. When money is received by law practice
102. Keeping of general trust account
103. Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust
104. Section 222 (5)
105. New section 222 (8A)
106. New section 223A
107. New section 224A
108. Transit money
109. Trust money subject to specific powers
110. Section 226 (2)
111. New section 226 (6)
112. New section 226A
113. Dealing with trust money—legal costs and unclaimed
114. Section 229 (1) (b)
115. Section 229 (1), new note
116. Section 229 (2)
117. Costs of investigation
118. Sections 241 and 242
119. Reports, records and information by ADIs
120. Statutory deposits
121. Application of pt 3.1 to incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary
122. Section 255 (2)
123. Disclosure—money not received as trust money
124. Section 260
125. Part 3.2 heading
126. Definitions—pt 3.2
127. Section 261, definition of costs review
128. Section 261, definition of itemised bill
129. Section 261, new definition of public authority
130. Section 261, new definitions of sophisticated client and third party
131. Section 261, definition of uplift fee
132. New section 261A
133. Purpose—pt 3.2
134. Pt 3.2 also applies by agreement or at client's
135. Section 264 (2) (a)
136. New section 264 (2A)
137. Displacement of pt 3.2
138. Section 266
139. What happens when different laws apply to a
140. Disclosure of costs to client
141. New section 269 (1) (ba)
142. Section 269 (1) (e)
143. Section 269 (1) (i) (i)
144. Section 269 (1) (l) (i)
145. Section 269 (1) (l), note
146. New section 269 (1A) and (1B)
147. New section 269 (3) and (4)
148. Disclosure if another law practice is to be
149. Section 271 heading
150. Section 271 (2) and (3)
151. Exceptions to requirement for disclosure
152. Section 272 (1) (c) (ii)
153. Section 272 (1) (c) (iv)
154. Section 272 (2)
155. Section 274
156. Form of disclosure
157. Section 277 (1), (2) and (3)
158. Progress reports
159. On what basis are legal costs
160. Section 281 (1), new example
161. Section 281 (4) (b)
162. New section 281 (5)
163. New section 281A
164. Making costs agreements
165. Section 282 (4) (a) and (b)
166. Section 282 (5)
167. Conditional costs agreements
168. Conditional costs agreements involving uplift
169. Contingency fees prohibited
170. Effect of costs agreement
171. Section 286 (2)
172. Certain costs agreements void
173. Section 288
174. Bills
175. Notification of client's rights
176. Section 291 (a) (i)
177. New section 291 (2) and (3)
178. Section 292
179. Interim bills
180. Division 3.2.7 heading
181. Section 294
182. Section 295 heading
183. Section 295 (1)
184. Section 295 (2) and (3)
185. Section 296
186. Sections 297, 298 and 299
187. Section 300 heading
188. Section 300 (1)
189. Section 300 (1) (c)
190. Section 300 (2) (b)
191. Section 300 (2) (d)
192. New sections 300A, 300B and 300C
193. Section 302
194. Referral for disciplinary action
195. Section 304 heading
196. Section 304 (1)
197. Section 304 (2)
198. New section 304A
199. Division 3.3.1 heading
200. Professional indemnity insurance for insurable legal
201. New section 312A
202. Definitions—pt 3.4
203. Section 316, definition of default
204. Purpose—pt 3.4
205. Meaning of relevant jurisdiction—pt
206. Defaults to which pt 3.4 applies
207. Section 328 (3)
208. Claims not affected by certain matters
209. Claims by law practices or associates about
210. Claims by law practices or associates about notional
211. Defaults involving interstate elements if committed by 1 associate
212. Section 367 heading
213. Section 367 (1)
214. New section 367 (3) (aa)
215. Conduct capable of being unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional
216. Person to be told about complaint
217. New section 397 (6)
218. Summary dismissal of complaints
219. Section 409 heading
220. Section 409 (1)
221. Section 409 (2)
222. Section 409 (3)
223. Section 409 (3)
224. Section 409 (4)
225. Council to give reasons to complainant and
226. New section 416 (2A)
227. Complainant and person complained about to be told about action
228. Section 418 (3)
229. New section 420A
230. New section 426A
231. Decisions of disciplinary tribunal—unsatisfactory professional conduct or
232. Section 430 (5) (d)
233. Compliance with decisions and orders of disciplinary
234. Definitions—pt 4.9
235. Register of disciplinary action
236. Disciplinary action taken because of infirmity, injury or
237. Sections 458 and 459
238. Protection for things done in administration of ch
239. Definitions—ch 5
240. Purpose—ch 5
241. Application of ch 5 to barristers
242. Application of ch 5 to Australian-registered foreign
243. Decision about external intervention
244. Section 480 (2) (b)
245. Part 5.3 heading
246. Appointment of supervisor
247. Section 481 (2)
248. Section 481 (3) (a)
249. Section 481 (5) (b)
250. Notice of appointment of supervisor
251. Effect of service of notice of appointment of
252. Section 483 (1) (a), (b) and (c)
253. Section 483 (2) (a)
254. Section 483 (3)
255. Section 483 (5)
256. Section 484 heading
257. Section 484 (1) (a)
258. Section 484 (2) (b)
259. Ending of supervisor's appointment
260. New section 486 (1) (aa)
261. Effect of service of notice of appointment of
262. Section 489 (9)
263. Role of manager
264. Ending of manager's appointment
265. Appointment of receiver
266. Notice of appointment of receiver
267. Effect of service of notice of appointment of
268. Section 496 (9)
269. Role of receiver
270. Section 497 (6), new note
271. Power of receiver to require documents or
272. Section 502 (5) (c)
273. Section 502 (6)
274. Section 502 (7), definition of relevant person
275. Lien for costs on regulated property
276. Section 504 (2)
277. Section 504 (3)
278. Ending of receiver's appointment
279. New section 509 (1A) to (1D)
280. New section 515A
281. Section 516
282. New sections 519A and 519B
283. Requirements that may be imposed for investigations, examinations and audits under pt 3.1 and
284. Requirements that may be imposed for investigations under ch
285. Provisions relating to requirements under pt
286. New section 555A
287. Purpose—pt 8.3
288. Division 8.3.2 heading
289. Subject matter of legal profession rules
290. Rules for incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary
291. Section 584 (3) (c)
292. Section 584 (3) (d)
293. New section 587A
294. Associates who are disqualified or convicted
295. New section 589 (5A)
296. Section 589 (7), definition of disqualified person
297. Section 589 (7), new definition of lay associate
298. Minister may determine fees
299. Regulation-making power
300. Continuing application of provisions of Legal Practitioners Act about
301. Costs disclosure
302. Dictionary, new definition of associated third party payer
303. Dictionary, definition of client
304. Dictionary, definitions of conditional costs agreement and costs agreement
305. Dictionary, definition of commercial legal presence
306. Dictionary, definition of costs review
307. Dictionary, definition of disbursements
308. Dictionary, definition of disqualified person
309. Dictionary, new definition of government lawyer
310. Dictionary, definitions of litigious matter and lump sum
311. Dictionary, new definition of non-associated third party payer
312. Dictionary, definition of scale of costs
313. Dictionary, new definition of sophisticated client
314. Dictionary, definition of supervised legal practice, new paragraph
315. Dictionary, new definition of third party payer
316. Dictionary, definition of trust money
317. Dictionary, definition of uplift fee
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